Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-11-14
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
MID FLOWERS ANDDIRGES
The Anarchists Are Laid To
Rest. 49,.
A GREAT FUNERAL CORTEGE.
Thousands Of. Mourners In
Line.
A SUNDAY RIOT IN LONDON.
Socialists Do Battle With
The Police.
A SUNDAY RIOT IN LONDON.
FIVE HEARSES In LINE.

FIVE HEARSES I'm LINE.
| Anarchists to the Grave-Ehe Baskets
Loaded Dowd with Floral EmbIems
| Scenes Along the Route and at the
| Grave-SOme Violent Harangues But
| NO Outbreak OfVIoIence.
| CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-The funeral of the An
| archists was conducted in quiet and order
| ly manner. The entire squad of central de-
tail police officers were on duty at different
| points along the line of march. The process
zion started from August Spies late home at
| about 1915 o'clock. The most striking view
of the procession was obtained at the corner
of Lake and Des PLANES streets, for it
| brought SO wildly to mind the scenes of Nav
4, 1886, when the bomb was thrown. 1t was
just As O'Clock when the head of the line
reached the spot. AT the corner is the
saloon and hall of Charles Zepf, the Anarch-
ist. It was to this saloon that Parsons took
his wife and children after he had finished
his speech at the Haymarket and where they
sat wnen the bomb was thrown. Two hun
dred feet south was the place where stood
the wagon from which Spies and his
comrades delivered their harangues and
counseled the throttling of the law. And
here, too, was the alley from which the hiss
ing and fatal bomb was hurled into the ranks
of tie police. little further south is the
spot where the missile fell and did such aw-
full destruction. "Was it by accident or
design that the parade wound around this
historic corner 2" was a question asked by
hundreds. The line of march took the
marching army eff sympathizers directly past
Grief's Hall, in the basement of which a
group of reds used to hold nightly confer
ence and instruct each other in the use of
dynamite and practice the manual of arms
At the hour above mentioned the first line of
men could be seen crossing the Des PLANES
street viaduct, where in 1873 bloody fight
took place between the police and the rail
road strikers There was no advance guard of
police. Chief Marshal Charles Hepp with
two aids led the way. They wore no red,
but simple black clothes and Grape on their
arms. Then came brilliantly dressed corps
of musicians dressed in the colors of the
German army and on their heads spiked he'll
NETS, 1t was strange scene. The band
master carried sword in his hand and bore
a striking resemblance to King William of
Prussia. AS this band passed Zepf's Hall,
which was open and filed with drinking men,
it struck up dirge, as did all the other bands
in the procession, and there were at least if
teen of them. Following the first corps of
musicians walked the defense committee, the
men who had charge of the funds with which
it was hoped to save the Anarchists from
their fate. George A. Schilling led the COM
mittee and carried in his hand a floral
tribute Following them marched;
members of the Aurora Turn Verein of |
which August Spies a member. The |
whole society was not out as many members |
are not in sympathy with anarchy. Next |
came four hundred of the Vorwaerts Turner |
society wearing red badges on their breasts |
This branch of the Turner's d more strongly |
tinctured with socialism than any other in /
the city. One hundred of the Fortscheitt 1
branch followed and then the feature of the /
procession, the hearse of August Spies. There /
were no nodding black plumes on it, but the |
top was so covered with floral tributes that |
nothing else could be seen. Inside was the i
richly covered easket. Standing out in bold /
relief against the black broadcloth of the |
coffin was thrown great sash of red silk. It |
was all the more striking because no flowers |
had been placed inside to interfere with the /
idea of having Spies beloved colors shown /
TO the public even after his death |
The crowds on the street corners craned their |
necks to get glimpse of this the most i'm
posing of all the hearses in the pageant |
Then another band wheeled into Lake street /
playing dirge. 1t was in front of many /
hundred members of the Central Labor union, |
who are among the most extreme Socialists |
IN the city. Behind them walked the black /
horses of the hearse in which lay the coffin of /
Adolph Fischer. His hearse had not SO
many flowers on it as that of his comrade, |
but there were plenty of them. For some
reason, however, no red silk emblem of his |
:aith had been thrown across his casket |
Then came the funeral carriage of Albert R. |
Parsons. On the box by the driver sat
nan holding in his hands floral emblem of |
such size that the inscription of flowers From
z. of L. assembly No. 1,307' could be seen
one hundred feet away. This is the assem-
bly, to which Parsons belonged until it was
Kicked out of the order for its adherence to
he cause of the Anarchists. This was the |
only floral piece in the hearse. Instead of
great sash of red thrown across the coffin a
strip of red silk ribbon was trail ed carelessly
rom the head of the casket to almost the
center. and was then strung along the
1oor of the hearse until it wound itself into
little heap. Then came another cohort of
he Central Labor union, butchers, bakers
and representatives of all sorts of trades. |
Behind these were drawn the hearses of |
George Engel and Louis Lingg, the suicide.
They were friends in life and lived together,
and in the funeral pageant they were placed
n close proximity. Over both the black cof
which the men had fought. Several
floral pieces were carried behind by stalwart |
men, All through this which may be called
he first part of the demonstration were inter
'persed the carriages containing the relatives
lnd a few near friends of the dead Anarch-
1
ID in the hurry and confusion of getting
he line together so the carriages of the
became somewhat mixed.
The next feature was the turnout of peo-
Die who followed after the hearses. Down
rom the viaduct around the corner into
lake street they marched. There were men,
here were women, there were boys and girls on |
oot and babes, bands of music and arms full |
If flowers. In ranks of four to eight they
ramped-husbands, wives, children and
weethearts side by side. As they
Iwung into Lake street not word was
Uttered tered By those in the o.. ranks
eature of this part of the pageant was the
moving made by the two local assemblies of
{. of l.. composed wholly of women. Each |
'ne of these was alame with red. Scarlet in
heir hats, bows of crimson at their Threats
md streamers of crimson from their shoul-
lers made the appearance of the working
women the object of especial comment. In
ront of them marched Miss Mary MacCor-
nick, M. w. of the organization known as
Lucy Parsons assembly, K. of L. She was
attended by two others and the trio carried a
huge wreath to the top OF which was attached
snow white dove, the emblem of peace. 1t
will be remembered that the signal for the
gathering at Haymarket Square was the print
I'd German word ''Ruhe," meaning peace.
This was the only white dove in the whole line.
The tribute was sent by the ladies' defense
und committee of Cincinnati Then came
more men, women and children and it took
he marching thousands twenty-three min
ltes to pass the corner.
After the people on foot came fifty car
.iages. They were overloaded with people OF
Ill ages and sexes and here a change was
made. Instead of turning into Lake street
he line of vehicles kept on due south at a
brisk trot. Squarely over the spot where
he bomb fell and on over the ground strewn
~ mangled bodies the night of the riot
the horses. But there was no
crowd there to day Not a dozen persons
we're at the corner of Randolph street when
he first carriage rolled by. On
vent the line past the Des PLANES
street station, on the steps of which
Itood Lieutenant Bold and few men.
IN the alley stood patrol wagon ready to go,
moving that the officers were on the alert.
The carriages reached the Wisconsin Central
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